About Mae

Mae Lu is a Canada-born, So-Cal-raised Asian American 30 Something, living a dream with her hubby & dog in the magical kingdom of Hawaii.

This red-lipstick aficionado designs websites for a living and runs a fledgling lifestyle YouTube Channel in her spare time. On the weekends, if she's not filming, you can find her behind the lens of her Sony A6000, shooting scenery in Hawaii, hiking the hills and ridges of her beloved island home, or chasing the perfect sunset.

Why "thereafterish."? Because "and they lived happily ever thereafter" is just half of every story, and this is mine.

This week I was awarded the Stylish Blogger Award by not one but two sweet bloggers. One, Emma, has an enviable shoe collection of cute, sexy, and quirky picks a girl like me would die to have, the other, Sunny of TZ, is both an esteemed writer and budding handbag designer as well as being a hard-ass Asian Corporate Attorney! It’s an honor to know both and a huge compliment to receive the Award from them. Last week I got the same award from ML, a fellow Filipina Canadian with an enviable pencil skirt collection.

I love fashion, but I would by no means consider myself super stylish. I just dress how I like. So thanks, girls!

Not one much for Memes, but here goes.

{ Se7en random facts about me… }

I am Canadian-born Filipina.

When I was five I moved to Southern California, grew up there, went to college there, dropped out of college there, enrolled in Community college there, and fell in love there. I lived there until…

…I met a man totally randomly on MySpace, fell in love by writing tens of emails to each other in a day, and eventually met in person almost 2 months later. We’ve been together for 6 years now. I call it my Digital Fairytale. Because of N (whom I call Husby), I moved from the safety (and WARMTH!) of San Diego, and the comfort of my circle of best friends, to Detroit…

Though I’ve been here for 5.5 years, I’ve retained my very distinct Southern Californian accent.

I think Detroit is better than LA.

I grew up thinking I’d be a writer. Then I changed my mind and thought I’d be a video producer. Then I changed my mind in college and went back to writing. I graduated with a Creative Writing, English Bachelor of Science degree. But now I doubt I’ll ever really be a writer in earnest. I rather love blogging instead.

Believe it or not, I only own about 25-30 pairs of shoes. About 5-6 of those are sneakers or sandals I’d never, ever dare to preview on this website!

Bonus random fact… I always feel awkward posing for all my photos, even though I’ve been doing it for about…. 7 years. Seriously.

I don’t really pass on memes, but if you want to participate, go ahead! I award all my stylish readers (read: Cop-Out). I have more than 7 to award… so I can’t pick! Let me know you did this, and I will come by and read and comment the hell out of it!

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About Mae

Mae Lu is a Canada-born, So-Cal-raised Asian American 30 Something, living a dream with her hubby & dog in the magical kingdom of Hawaii.

This red-lipstick aficionado designs websites for a living and runs a fledgling lifestyle YouTube Channel in her spare time. On the weekends, if she's not filming, you can find her behind the lens of her Sony A6000, shooting scenery in Hawaii, hiking the hills and ridges of her beloved island home, or chasing the perfect sunset.

Why "thereafterish."? Because "and they lived happily ever thereafter" is just half of every story, and this is mine.